Cuba wins eight gold medals in boxing tournament

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 3 (acn) Refused to be guided by the forecasts, welterweight Antonio Bisset beat Venezuelan Gabriel Maestre, achieving thus Cuba's eight crown at Giraldo Cordova Cardin boxing tournament, headquartered by Havana's Sports City Coliseum.

The rivalry prevailing for six days had excellent expression in the closing fight where the local boxer set the pace in the first two rounds and solidly exchanged blows with the 2013 world bronze medalist.
I had seen him fight several times and always wanted to face him, so I was focused on doing my work, especially when counterpunching, Bisset explained shortly after it was announced his 2-1 victory.
In other matchups favorable to Cuba, heavyweight Emmanuel Reyes and middleweight Osley Iglesias defeated 2-1 and 3-0 Brazilians Michel Borges and Pedro Lima, respectively, although the South American nation won in the lightweight division.
That win went to the twice world medalist Robson Conceiçao, who won 3-0 over the host Armando Martinez.
Clashes between locals were dominated by flyweight Santiago Amador, 2-1 over Damian Alce, and featherweight Youth Olympic king, Javier Ibáñez, 3-0 at the expense of Frank Zaldivar.
In flyweights, only division without medals for the hosts, Dominican Leonel de Los Santos beat 2-1 Chinese Hu Jianguang, while French cruiser and heavyweight Paul Omba and Tony Yoka did not climb into the ring.
Therefore, the scepters went to Cubans Frank Sanchez and Yoandry Toirac, respectively, and the desire to see the latter facing the monarch on the planet was frustrated, although the proximity of the Olympics justifies not risking in case of inconveniencies.
Overall, it was a disputed contest, which amid the assistance of the stars of the Cuba Domadores to the final of the World Series allowed warming up other Cuban boxers ratified as candidates to go further.